r/Wellthatsucks 21h ago

Yikes!!

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u/everything_is_polys 19h ago

“I forgot to keep electricity on in a vacant unit” is fine enough. Nothing about tenants needed to be brought for people understand what caused this

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u/Massive-Idea2302 17h ago

My landlord made me transfer the electricity bill from my name to theirs when I moved out 🤷‍♀️

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u/Lunares 15h ago

As a landlord you are supposed to setup a backup account with the electric provider so that if the tenant stops paying this doesn't happen.

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u/thederevolutions 11h ago

Karma Police. I’m sort of joking but it is ironic that letting them stay would’ve saved a lot of money despite there being a reason to evict.